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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (BONUSES FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS) ACT 1999 - SECT 30

Amount of bonus payment
(1)
The amount of a Veterans' Affairs customer's aged persons savings bonus payment is worked out in accordance with the following table:

Amount of aged persons savings bonus payment
Item If the Veterans' Affairs customer's annual retirement income is: ...the amount of the aged persons savings bonus payment is equal to:
1 $20,000 or less his or her annual savings and investment income, up to a maximum of $1,000
2 more than $20,000 but less than $30,000 (a) his or her annual savings and investment income, up to a maximum of $1,000; less (b) the phasing out fraction (see subsection (3)) of the amount worked out under paragraph (a) of this item
Example: Ruth has annual retirement income of $23,000 and annual savings and investment income of $1,500.

Ruth's aged persons savings bonus payment is worked out as follows.

Ruth's annual savings and investment income of $1,500 exceeds the maximum of $1,000, so only $1,000 is potentially allowable.

The phasing out fraction of the $1,000 then needs to be subtracted. The fraction is:

Therefore 3 /10 of $1,000 (i.e. $300) needs to be subtracted. This leaves an aged persons savings bonus payment of $700.

Bonus payments less than $1 rounded up to $1

(2)
If the amount of a Veterans' Affairs customer's aged persons savings bonus payment worked out under this section is greater than nil and less than $1, the amount is rounded up to $1.

Phasing out fraction

(3)
In this section:

"phasing out fraction" means the following fraction:



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